Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

What earned the score

• Women Cast as Combatants and Military Leaders

  The film places Black Widow and Scarlet Witch among the combatant heroes fighting Thanos, while identifying Okoye as Wakanda’s great general. This casts women as both battlefield fighters and military leaders.

• Jesus Reduced to a Punchline

  When Doctor Strange asks whom Peter Quill serves, Quill sarcastically asks whether he is supposed to say Jesus, prompting laughter in the theater. The scene uses a Christian reference as a joke.

Details

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

Starring

Robert Downey Jr.Chris EvansChris HemsworthJosh BrolinMark Ruffalo

Director

Joe RussoAnthony Russo

Writer

Bill MantloSteve GanJoe SimonJack KirbySteve EnglehartDon HeckStan LeeLarry LieberJim StarlinKeith GiffenStephen McFeelyChristopher Markus

Genre

AdventureActionScience Fiction

Release Date

Apr 25, 2018

Parents Guide

• Sex None

  A couple is staying together in a hotel room, but the scene set there is brief. When the couple are attacked while taking a walk, one says to the other, dryly, that they should have stayed in bed.

  Rocket makes a reference to hiding an object by "sticking it up his..." He is cut off before he finishes his sentence, but it is strongly implied he would have said "butt" or "ass".

  Star Lord makes a reference to a grenade blowing up his "junk".

  Star Lord and Gamora kiss each other on the Milano when she tells him to kill her if Thanos gets to her.

  There are a few kissing scenes

  Star Lord says Thanos has a nutsack looking chin.

  Wanda and vision kiss each other infront of the window.

  No nudity. Some tight-fitting clothes. A few jokes with sexual innuendo, such as a man calling himself a "Titan-killing long-term booty call".

  Stark and pepper kiss while planning dinner.

  Peter Quill says Thanos has "a nutsack of a chin" (that's a good insult I'll give him that:)

• Violence Moderate

  The film features extended scenes of fantasy violence and action sequences.

  In one scene, Nebula is tortured and we see her being stretched apart and dismantled by Thanos with his Infinity Gauntlet, more than once, as she screams in extreme agony and Gamora watches on in horror. This scene is very disturbing and somewhat hard to watch.

  In a scene, Gamora is thrown to her death by Thanos, we see her falling, and later we see her lying dead on the ground onto a pool of blood. This scene is extremely emotional, very disturbing but not graphic.

  There is a big fight sequence with Aliens. Many aliens are killed but barely any blood.

  In a scene, a character, Loki, is strangled by Thanos in graphic detail and then has his neck snapped onscreen. We see Loki struggle to break from Thanos' grip, only to fail and then we see his face turn purplish and his eyes turn red due to the lack of oxygen and has some blood visible. His dead body is then shown as Thor cries over his corpse. This is pretty disturbing, borderline graphic and quite hard to watch. Easily the most violent scene in the whole movie.

  The action violence in this movie is a continuation of the same level of violence as the previous Marvel movies. There are plenty of punches, kicks, stabbings, choking, and heavy hitting. Although most of the action is bloodless.

  The film basically has non-stop action and, unlike most MCU films, it has a dark tone to it and much is because of the spontaneous violence there is in certain scenes.

  In addition to standard comic book film destruction, characters are tortured, impaled, and beaten. While generally bloodless, the consequences feel greater, and could upset younger viewers.

  Multiple scenes of stabbing, some of them leading to death, others leading to open wounds, with much of them being immediately healed.

  In a scene, Tony Stark and Peter Parker rescue Dr. Strange from Ebony Maw, one of Thanos' henchmen. Here, Maw tortures Strange with a bunch of spikes and we see those pierce through Dr. Strange's face, causing him to scream in intense pain. Then, Stark blows up a hole into Maw's spaceship, which ejects him into outer space due to decompression and almost sucks out Strange, who is saved by Parker and then Stark closes the hole. We then see Ebony Maw's corpse float away from the ship, frozen and crumbling slightly in the process due to the lack of air. This scene is quite intense, but it's also slightly humorous due to the awkward pose done by Maw in said aftermath.

• Profanity Mild

  Someone starts to say "motherf..." but is cut off before finishing the next word.

  Star Lord gives thanos the middle finger.

  A few uses of "a**hole"

  4 uses of "s**t" including "dips**t"

  Uses Gods name in vain about 7 times.

• Drugs None
• Frightening Scenes Moderate

  Although there is a balance between humorous and dramatic moments, the film as a whole has an exceptionally dark and bleak tone.

  In a scene, Thor is tortured by Thanos and he cries out in pain (as seen in the preview). Somewhat disturbing.

  Characters are attacked by violent alien creatures which may be intense for some.

  Several well-established characters die, which will likely upset younger viewers who are familiar with these films.

  Viewers might find the disintegration sequence particularly emotional, as some of these characters have been beloved over the years.

  Thanos is a very threatening and violent villain whose story and motives are all rather disturbing and will definitely unsettle some, although they make sense. His physical appearance can also be somewhat intimidating for some viewers as well, especially younger ones, because of his massive and imposing size, his scarred and somewhat disfigured purple skin, and his stoic expression.

  The ending is extremely depressing and emotionally intense.

  The death of Loki can be hard to watch, especially due to its absolute brutality as well as it being onscreen and especially, due to Loki's status as a fan favorite.

  Thanos' extraterrestrial Black Order is frightening. Characters Ebony Maw, Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, and Cull Obsidian make up the Black Order, and they all have frightening appearances.

  Gamora's death scene is extremely emotional and intense.

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